Rail-joint.



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Specification of Letters Patent.

'Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

.Application tiled July 18, 1906. Serial No, 326,69.

T0 afl/Z whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, Lewis W.. SAYRE, a cltizen of the United States of America, re-

sey and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification, rei- .erence being had therein to the accompany ing drawing This inventionrelates to rail-joints; and its rimary object is to provide improved means tor connecting the meeting ends of railway* rail sections in such a manner as to provide a practically continuous tread-surface for the ra1 s.

A further object of the invention is to provide the meeting ends of railway-rails with interlocking projections and recesses whereby the rails may be securely connected without the use of bolts and nutsv and without weakening the web portions of the rails by the formation therein of the usual bolt-holes. The construction of the improvement will beiully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms part of this speciticatiomand its novel features will be defined in the appended claims. In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective vview of the meetingends of two rails constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the meeting ends of two rails embodying the invention, the same being separated. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the rails, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the supporting-plate upon which the ends of the rail rest.

The reference-numeral l designates raili tapered tongue 10,1itting a corresponding recess 11 in the web of the rail 4. From. the base of the rail projects a tapered tongue 12, adapted to fit a corresponding recess 13 in the base of the rail 4. The rails and the basef" plate 2 are secured to the Yties by spikes 14,

said plate being formed 4with slots 15 to rev l cally continuous tread-surface. The tongues and recesses provide a secure' connecting means for the ends of the rails without the use of bolts and nuts, thus avoiding the weakening of the webs ot' the rails by the formation therein of bolt-holes.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

. 1. The combination of two railwa -rails having their tread portions connecte by a tapered tongue formed on one rail, and a tal pering recess formed in the other rail to receive said tongue, and their. web portions con-l nectedby a tapered tongue projecting from vone rail and fitting a corresponding recess in the web of the other rail.

2. The combination of two railway-rails having their tread portions connected by a tapered tongue formed on one rail, fitting a corresponding recess in the tread of the other rail, their web portions connected by a tapered tongue projecting from one rail and fitting a corresponding recess in the web of the other rail, andtheir base portions connected by a tapered projection iitting a corresponding recess in the base of the other rail, and a base-plate adapted to be spiked to the tics and formed with opposite longitudinal langes to engage the bases oi the rails.

In testimony whereof I ai'lix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS W. SAYRE.

Witnesses:

J. E. Sncnnsr, J. S. LE PAGE. 

